 Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage; thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all...  Poems - Page 352by William Wordsworth - 1815Full view - About this book
 | John James Stewart Perowne - Immortality - 1869 - 168 pages
...applications of science, still the shadow of that other world of mystery haunts them. It " broods o'er them like the Day, a master o'er a slave," "a Presence which is not to be put by." 1 B. Saisset. They cannot escape from it. The mind most averse to what it considers speculative and... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 pages
...deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind,— Mighty Prophet 1 Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all onr lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods... | |
 | 1870 - 500 pages
...deaf and silent read'st the eternal deep, haunted for ever by the eternal Mind,— Mighty prophet I Seer blest ! on whom those truths do rest which we...o'er a slave, a presence which is not to be put by ; thou little child, yet glorious in the might of heaven-born freedom on thy being's height, why with... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep. Haunted for ever by the eternal Mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do...thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er the slave, A presence which is not to be put by; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might Of heaven-born... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 382 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer blest ! On whom those truths...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave ; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1870 - 236 pages
...Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet ! Seer bleft ! On whom thofe truths do reft, Which we are toiling all our lives to find, Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day, a mafter o'er a flave, A prefence which is not to be put by; Thou little child, yet glorious in the might... | |
 | Peter J. Manning - English poetry - 1990 - 338 pages
...heritage with which he aligns himself intensifies his unease: his "Immortality" "broods" over him, "a Master o'er a Slave, / A Presence which is not to be put by." Through its vision of transformation Virgil's poem effortlessly reconciles the roles of son and parents,... | |
 | E. M. Knottenbelt - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 432 pages
...the unworn' to To bite nothings to the bone ....', with Wordsworth in 'Intimations of Immortality': Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day, a Master o'er a Slave ... Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke The years to bring the inevitable yoke, Thus blindly... | |
 | Susan Eilenberg - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 302 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the Eternal Mind — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do...thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er the slave. A presence that is not to be put by! The megalomanic aphasia that Wordsworth finds wonderful... | |
 | Peter L. Rudnytsky - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 360 pages
...the blind, That, deaf and silent, read's! the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do...rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find. In darkness lost, the darkness of the grave; Thou, over whom thy Immortality Broods like the Day, a... | |
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